The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-27
SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1887.
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tNhN IN ftioDthtS - - ~ 80
Read our congratulated Offer in
another column.
Upper Neck has 226 dogs according
to Assessor Morris's returns.
A large excursion from Gibbstown
Spent Friday in Pennsgrove.
The schooner Susie Dirickson is on
Blrhpr's railway undergoing repairs.
President Conner, of tie Delaware
River railroad, recreates at Cape
May.
The Misses, j. and Mary G. Bowen,
OF Philadelphia, are visiting DR.. John
sons.
y anted. some one TO employ 1.-THE
Kids Calathumpian Band" TO play
elsewere.
The quarterly tax paid to the State
by Delaware River Railroad Company
is STILLS.
Misses Virgie and Katie Abrahams of
Woodlawu, Md, are visiting relatives
at the Cove.
The farmers picnic at Pennsyiile on
Thursday of last week was large and
enjoyed by hundreds.
j. ID. Torton, w. V. DoIbow aud
Thos. Hunt spent the first three days of
the week at Island Heights.
The Parvin Iron Wagon Co. shipped
n car load of Iron wagons 10 the
Williams Grove (Pa) Picnic this week.
A large excursion from Wilmington
visited P%eumsgrove on Thursday.
Aud occupied both the Pavilion in
dancing.
During the past three weeks over one
hundred and fifty thousand water mel
one nave been shipped from Swedes-
boro each week.
Miss Lola Elkintun having recovered
from her illness is now RECALLING herself
by the sea at Holly Beach, being the
guest of Mrs. Benz. Dilks.
Capt. Thomas Naylor bad anchor
weighed on his schooner Rillie ). Der
by off Prnusgrove on Sunday and left
for Boston with "a cargo of coal.
Rev. j. o. r. Corliss, of the Auburn
NJ. f. Church preached before the
First NJ. E. Church congregation, in
the Court House, Salem, on Sunday,
w. II. Vibration. of Pennsville, lost
a horse last week caused by having n
shaft rnn III its breast to he depth of
six inches while running away recently
Auetioneer Casper, on Saturday, sold
9 shares of Salem Bank stock to David
Ko~ppenheim for S110.50, and three
shares to William j.. Carpenter for the
same price,
The assessors of this county com
pleted their work on Saturday. The
Board of Assessors meet on Sept. 9TH
II appurtion the county and statr
school tax.
Ninety-iye, from this vicinity, Low
Ell Neck, Salem, Warrington, and
P.lesgrove took in the excursion to Cape
May AID Breakwater on the steamer
Republic ON Wednesday.
The colored camp meeting near
pehnsyilie proved a failure The good
old times of rousing camp meetings in
this section of the State have passed
away and now form = bright spot on
memory's page with the older citizens.
The Monitor thinks that drawing off
the water at the Woodstown mill pond
last year So the new bridge could be
built, has caused the famous Lotus Ill
les 10 be less prolific in that pond and
more so in the Sharptown pond.
The Ladies' Parsonage committee
OF st. Pauls church will hold their
next sociable at John NJ. Bevis's ON
next Friday evening. Wagons will
be on land to take the town residents
ont there.
DR.. Mayhem Johnson aud vile left
on Monday for ~Itlica, New York,
where they win spend a week or ten
days in viewing the beautiful scenery
of the surrounding country, Harvey
Justice of PedrieRtown accompanied
them.
David Sparks, Jr., living near Sharp
town, Who has been suffering IRON
alteration Of the mind for several
months, was taken TO the Asylum at
Trenton ou Monday, where 1t is hoped
he will speedily recover his mental fac
ulties.
IIughes's canning factory at the
Cove began operation last saturday by
filling about 1000 ans with tomatoes
1t has run nearly every day this week
on short time only, having filled IN all
about II, 900 cans.
Some Of our aged residents say they
do not remember of aver seeing OF
hearing Of second crop OF caterpillars
such as are now d~esuoiling many trees
of their foliage and also injuring much
fruit. They were never known to be
80 numerous and destructive.